Best resources in Forlorn Muskeg

[Pyroxene]

What is the best resources in Forlorn Muskeg?

Is the rope climb to Mountain Town a good place to camp?

[Leeanda]

I'd say cat tails,birch bark and wolf meat are all pretty plentiful in forlorn..   

Marsh ridge is a great place to chill out for a while,once you get rid of the moose anyway..

Milton basin is a great place as long as you can keep warm enough..  moose,deer,and birch bark around. A nice cosy cave ,or the ruined hut with the burner in both make good places to chill out.

[Pyroxene]

@LeeandaOkay, thanks. I think about creating a save where I hang out in Milton Basin/Forlorn Muskeg 

[Leeanda]

1 hour ago, Pyroxene said:

@LeeandaOkay, thanks. I think about creating a save where I hang out in Milton Basin/Forlorn Muskeg 

You can live on just birch bark if necessary, depending on what level you're playing on... There are bunnies in Milton basin too but if you're playing loper then I'm not sure there are any matches around..

[Pyroxene]

40 minutes ago, Leeanda said:

You can live on just birch bark if necessary, depending on what level you're playing on... There are bunnies in Milton basin too but if you're playing loper then I'm not sure there are any matches around..

Not a problem. Pilgrim run.

[Leeanda]

A weapon would certainly come in handy though,even on pilgrim.

[Pyroxene]

@Leeanda I'll go look for a weapon in Coastal.

[Leeanda]

There might be one in forlorn ... In a small cave  sort  of on the ice ,slightly south of poachers camp.

[hozz1235]

On 5/16/2024 at 11:50 PM, Pyroxene said:

What is the best resources in Forlorn Muskeg?

That's kind of a subjective question.  What is best for you?

[PilgrimReaper]

On 5/17/2024 at 2:39 PM, Leeanda said:

There might be one in forlorn ... In a small cave  sort  of on the ice ,slightly south of poachers camp.

You mean here?

I'm not sure I know of a cave in FM that's "sort of on the ice"... 🤔

[Leeanda]

1 minute ago, PilgrimReaper said:

You mean here?

I'm not sure I know of a cave in FM that's "sort of on the ice"... 🤔

Not the best description I know, but I was trying to not send them too far south or east...  That is the mini cave I was referring to though..

[PilgrimReaper]

Just now, Leeanda said:

Not the best description I know, but I was trying to not send them too far south or east...  That is the mini cave I was referring to though..

Hmm I remember that as being a corpse sitting against a tree... or am I confusing it with another spot...

[Leeanda]

1 minute ago, PilgrimReaper said:

Hmm I remember that as being a corpse sitting against a tree... or am I confusing it with another spot...

The corpse does sometimes sit next to the fallen  tree but he can also be in the cave near it..

[Pyroxene]

12 hours ago, hozz1235 said:

That's kind of a subjective question.  What is best for you?

Probably the cat tails and the maintenance shed

[Semple Fi]

Best resource in FM - Spencer’s Homestead and surrounding area.  There are two deer carcasses, cattails, a hammer and lots of coal and scrap metal (on PILGRIM), Dog Food cans, maybe a gun in the safe, a research book, and a prepper cache within short reach.  Wolves for meat up by the radio tower and prowling the lower homestead cabins.  Also a cave behind the tower.  

[ManicManiac]

Yes, coal is perhaps the most efficient fuel... (burn time/weight ratio)
However, sticks are generally plentiful enough that if we are diligent about gathering them and stockpiling them at our encampments, I find we don't ever really need coal or to waste time & hatchet condition on chopping limbs.

The way I see it, the humble stick is the bedrock of the "survival economy" on Great Bear Island.  
Certainly in my opinion, one of the most underrated and undervalued resource available to us... in any region.

Edited May 21, 2024 by ManicManiac

[ThePancakeLady]

53 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

Yes, coal is perhaps the most efficient fuel... (burn time/weight ratio)
However, sticks are generally plentiful enough that if we are diligent about gathering them and stockpiling them at our encampments, I find we don't ever really need coal or to waste time & hatchet condition on chopping limbs.

The way I see it, the humble stick is the bedrock of the "survival economy" on Great Bear Island.  
Certainly in my opinion, one of the most underrated and undervalued resource available to us... in any region.

For me, coal is only for forging or extreme emergencies where I need a really hot fire really fast. 

I have a hard time passing up sticks when out and about (often to the detriment of my max weight carry limit). I love sticks. I crave sticks. I have huge piles of them at every camp. 

I don't feel bad about dropping 10 sticks to get below sprinting or climbing weight like I do if I have to drop coal or books (my favorite fire-starter). Sticks are super plentiful, respawn quickly, and use the least calories and energy to grab as I go through an area. No need to have a light source to go into a dark cave or mine to collect them.

I love sticks almost as much as I love Pancakes.

*Almost*. 🥞❤️🥞

[hozz1235]

For me, the "best resources" are whatever I happen to need at the time

I do like to use the forge there though (no cabin fever and a bed right there).

Edited May 22, 2024 by hozz1235

[twyn1]

In Forlorn, I find the scrub bushes that you can break up for multiple sticks and the cat-tails to be the best resources. Also coal & the Hammer if needed.

Playing on Pilgrim, I like to go around to the Shortwave Tower (East?) where a deer or two, rabbits and now Ptarmigans can be found. 

[ThePancakeLady]

1 hour ago, twyn1 said:

and now Ptarmigans can be found

Just letting people know (who may not already know)- Ptarmigan are only in the game if you have the Tales From The Far Territory DLC- they do not exist in the the base game without the DLC.

[stratvox]

On 5/21/2024 at 8:10 AM, ManicManiac said:

The way I see it, the humble stick is the bedrock of the "survival economy" on Great Bear Island.  
Certainly in my opinion, one of the most underrated and undervalued resource available to us... in any region.

I can tell you that I well remember years back when there was some serious discussion here about sticks, with a few vocal people saying they were way overpowered. 

It's a little hard to argue with that; you can basically survive almost anywhere using only sticks to provide fire, cooking, water, and heat from what I can see.

[MaiveTheSheep]

2 hours ago, stratvox said:

I can tell you that I well remember years back when there was some serious discussion here about sticks, with a few vocal people saying they were way overpowered. 

It's a little hard to argue with that; you can basically survive almost anywhere using only sticks to provide fire, cooking, water, and heat from what I can see.

sticks and stones may break my bones but how are you surviving off just sticks for warmth and water and stones for bunnies and deer? oh nevermind, you got scurvy. oh wait, still surviving with scurvy by all your needs met and birch bark tea?...well

but yeh, sticks are very valuable to me

[stratvox]

15 hours ago, Lunerse said:

sticks and stones may break my bones but how are you surviving off just sticks for warmth and water and stones for bunnies and deer? oh nevermind, you got scurvy. oh wait, still surviving with scurvy by all your needs met and birch bark tea?...well

but yeh, sticks are very valuable to me

I dunno, you might try reading what I wrote. Who said anything about only stones for bunnies and deer? I didn't.  I'm strictly talking about using only sticks to fuel your fires, which are used for warmth, making water, and cooking. 

Don't put words in other people's mouths. It's not a good look.

[Enigmaecho]

On 5/17/2024 at 8:32 AM, Pyroxene said:

@Leeanda I'll go look for a weapon in Coastal.

If you have the dlc you don’t need to go all the way to the coast if you  get really lucky the fm bunker will spawn and be the hunters bunker with the revolver if not you can pop into Mystery lake and just grab Vaughns rifle, try stopping at broken rail if you don’t find a hammer in the musk or to get some scrap metal so you can get some arrowheads made 👍

[MaiveTheSheep]

On 5/24/2024 at 7:45 AM, stratvox said:

I dunno, you might try reading what I wrote. Who said anything about only stones for bunnies and deer? I didn't.  I'm strictly talking about using only sticks to fuel your fires, which are used for warmth, making water, and cooking. 

Don't put words in other people's mouths. It's not a good look.

It's not a good look to falsely accuse people of things in the same breath as you are saying "Don't put words in other people's mouths." It's hypocritical and I view it as a huge personal insult/attack on my character. I was using a play on a saying to emphasize the power of sticks for warmth, water, and cooking. To try to add on in a clever way. And quoting you to make sure there was no "putting words in other's mouths" And you respond by throwing negative false accusations at me...

anyways for op, if you need a weapon there is sometimes rifles found in nearby mystery lake, can take one their, maybe get mag lens their and backtrack to forlorn muskeg if you need either of those